CQIQC Member Prof. Sorin Voinigescu was recently featured in a magazine and online article titled How can the transistors in your smartphone form quantum dots? In this piece, he discusses his work and offers guidance to young people interested in science. This article was produced by Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEM), and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).

The article can be accessed here and includes a link to an activity sheet for students and teachers. If you click on the images on the right, you’ll see that they expand. You can also download the article and the activity sheet as PDF files.